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April

Long time no post

So April was very abbreviated as my parents came over to visit for 10 days. Had a great time and I think they did as well. We went to Edinburgh, Dublin, and Donegal, the latter two with my wife's parents. It was a good time.

Needless to say poker suffered, but that was ok with me.

I had a so so month after the dust cleared. I started on fire, up 5K in the first week, but then with the layoff, the 3rd week of April went sour. I had two of my worst nights going -1300 and -2300 on a Friday/Saturday. Just running poor. Nothing really to say other than thats poker.

That week also marked the last week of me getting staked. My staker emailed saying he had a terrible week personally along with most of his stakees. I felt bad for him as he is a nice guy and he went out of his way to give other players a chance to move up in stakes, but c'est la vie I suppose.

So the last 10 days or so have been me playing on my own dime for the first time in 6 months. It felt weird at first as I was back playing 200NL again, but after the first session it was all good. I made about $2K on my own the last 10 days which with only 3 sessions I was pleased with. (I felt terrible the last few days so no poker). Anyways, I made about 5.5K for the month + fpps. Obviously not amazing, but hell, I'll take it considering it is more than double my day job.

Anyways, played a fun hand tonight. 1K and a bit for the session.

***** Hand History for Game 27667463166 *****
$200.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, April 30, 08:04:57 ET 2009
Table Polyxenos IV (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 1: 3jaydub ( $329.70 USD )
Seat 2: johnmx ( $113.05 USD )
Seat 3: VING444 ( $191.50 USD )
Seat 4: TomasQ ( $200.00 USD )
Seat 5: Knightsridge ( $265.70 USD )
Seat 6: KINGDING114 ( $247.30 USD )
Seat 7: dng_ps ( $200.00 USD )
Seat 8: Iberico ( $327.85 USD )
Seat 9: wazawskiHH ( $222.85 USD )
VING444 posts small blind [$1.00 USD].
TomasQ posts big blind [$2.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Knightsridge [ Th Ts ]
Knightsridge raises [$5.00 USD]
KINGDING114 folds
dng_ps raises [$14.00 USD]
Iberico folds
wazawskiHH folds
3jaydub folds
johnmx folds
VING444 calls [$13.00 USD]
TomasQ folds
Knightsridge calls [$9.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Td, Tc, Jc ]
VING444 bets [$10.00 USD]
Knightsridge calls [$10.00 USD]
dng_ps calls [$10.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4s ]
VING444 bets [$22.00 USD]
Knightsridge calls [$22.00 USD]
dng_ps raises [$60.00 USD]
VING444 calls [$38.00 USD]
Knightsridge calls [$38.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 8s ]
VING444 checks
Knightsridge bets [$181.70 USD]
dng_ps calls [$116.00 USD]
VING444 folds
Knightsridge shows [Th, Ts ]
Knightsridge wins $483.00 USD from main pot
dng_ps doesn't show [Js, Jh ]
Knightsridge wins $65.70 USD from main pot


hahahaha pokers

Pond Hockey

Every now and then I get reminded of why I loved growing up in Canada so much.

March

Started out quite average. Mainly 200NL for the first 35K hands or so. Then the last 15K is mainly 400NL.

Plus about $1200 in fpps and about $500 in omalol.

Long Time No Post

Biggest hand I have ever won.

***** Hand History for Game 26355761515 *****
$400.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, March 25, 09:01:04 ET 2009
Table Thora X (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Seat 2: Moneyball16 ( $547.65 USD )
Seat 3: IAmSnow ( $400.00 USD )
Seat 4: mdypf ( $379.60 USD )
Seat 6: krischnumani ( $821.00 USD )
Seat 7: Knightsridge ( $571.80 USD )
Seat 8: kemikar ( $416.00 USD )
Seat 9: slammedfire ( $400.00 USD )
IAmSnow posts small blind [$2.00 USD].
mdypf posts big blind [$4.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Knightsridge [ Jd Kd ]
krischnumani raises [$16.00 USD]
Knightsridge calls [$16.00 USD]
kemikar folds
slammedfire folds
Moneyball16 folds
IAmSnow folds
mdypf calls [$12.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5d, 9d, 6d ]
mdypf checks
krischnumani bets [$40.00 USD]
Knightsridge raises [$140.00 USD]
mdypf folds
krischnumani raises [$765.00 USD]
Knightsridge calls [$415.80 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3s ]
** Dealing River ** [ As ]
krischnumani shows [6c, 6h ]
Knightsridge shows [Jd, Kd ]
Knightsridge wins $1158.60 USD from main pot

Funny 2+2 post

This was posted by Deanglow in the med-high stakes Pokerstars Regs Thread. I thought it was pretty funny.

Poker Stars $3/$6 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players - View hand 17699
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked.com

Hero (MP1): $1498.00
Marccus85 (MP2): $597.00
Redstone4 (CO): $406.00
GoMukYaSelf (BTN): $795.00
KiWiKaKi (SB): $814.35
NYCskibum (BB): $360.00
gyr1 (UTG): $347.75
idoubleL (UTG+1): $1370.65
mape6693 (UTG+2): $582.35

Pre Flop: ($9.00) Hero is MP1 with A A

3 folds, Hero raises to $18, 2 folds, GoMukYaSelf raises to $66, 2 folds, Hero raises to $174, GoMukYaSelf calls $108

Flop: ($357.00) J 9 K (2 players)


Hero bets $144, GoMukYaSelf calls $144

Turn: ($645.00) T (2 players)

Hero checks, GoMukYaSelf checks

River: ($645.00) Q (2 players)


Hero bets $1180 all in, GoMukYaSelf says "lmao i am the worst", GoMukYaSelf says "wtf", GoMukYaSelf says "aces?", GoMukYaSelf folds, GoMukYaSelf says "i got kings"

Final Pot: $645.00
Hero mucks A A
Hero wins $642.00
(Rake: $3.00)

400NL

So I moved up to 400NL this week. I asked the guy staking me if it was cool, and he gave me the green light. It honestly plays similar to 200NL although the regs are better and because of the smaller number of tables they are more frequently playing with me. However, for the most part, there are still some donks willing to donate. This graph is my first three sessions when I am playing no more than 12 tables until I become more comfortable.

It's Snowing!

Being from Canada I dont get to see snow a whole lot in Scotland, but the last few days it has been on and off, with Southern England getting it even worse.

I love this clip from a great movie, Hook. My dad took me and my little bros to see it when I was in 6th grade. Fantastic movie.